Chair-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES RUSSELL, OF WILMINGTON, OHIO.

CHAIR-BOTTOM.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,166, dated September 26, 1865.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES RUSSELL, of Wilmington, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Chair- Bottoms, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making part of this specification- Fgure l being a front elevation of a common chair constructed with my imivirovement; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section ot' the same, looking toward the front side thereof.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in both figures.

This improvement is applicable to all chairs made of frame-Work. It also may be applied to frame lounges, settees, stools, &c.

In addition to the single set of rounds A A near the top ofthe chair-bottom, to which the Seat is secured and by which it is supported, I insert a second set ot rounds or slats, B B, close under the upper set, leaving only room enough between to allow the cloth or other upholstery material to be passed through, substantially as shown in Fig. 2. Both the top covering, a, and bottom canvas or material, c, which sustains the stuffing material O, (of any kind,) are together first carried over the upper set of rounds, A A, and down around the outside thereof, thence inward between the two sets of rounds, and finally down the inside of the lower set of rounds or slats, B B, to which they are tacked by nails b b, or fastened in any suitable manner, substantially as shown in Fig. 2. This additional set ot' rounds or slats B B may be simply turned ones, as shown for common chairs; but they may be of any torni desired, and since they arc generally in sight (although they may be covered) they may be made as ornamental as required and ot' considerable width for handsome chairs.

The advantages of this construction are ohvious.

What I- claim as my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The additional set ot' rounds or slats, B B, situated closely below and in combination With the ordinary upper set of rounds, A A, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

The above specification ot' my improvement in constructing chairs signed by inc this 5th day 0fJune,1SG5.

CHARLES RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

W. EBEERY, C. LINTON. 

